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Yuji Utsunomiya
Japan Times
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
May 28, 2004
Inconvenience of 2,000 yen bills keeps them a novelty
How often do you come across a 2,000 yen bank note?
JAPAN
May 25, 2004
Banking giants log black ink as stocks rise, bad loans fall
All but one of the nation's four major banking groups returned to the black in fiscal 2003, according to their financial reports released Monday.
BUSINESS
May 22, 2004
Nonlife insurers record profit rise in fiscal 2003
The nation's seven major nonlife insurers on Friday reported an increase in net profit in fiscal 2003, with rising Japanese stock prices offsetting profit falls in their mainstay automobile insurance services.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2004
Ultraeasy monetary policy goes unchanged
The Bank of Japan Policy Board left its ultraeasy monetary policy unchanged Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2004
IY Bank logs first net profit since launch
IY Bank said Friday it posted a net profit of 5 billion yen in fiscal 2003, the firm's first profit since it started operating three years ago.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2004
BOJ says Japan will 'continue its recovery'
The Bank of Japan said Wednesday in a semiannual economic outlook report that the nation's economy will "continue its recovery" in fiscal 2004.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2004
Bank bill seen unlikely to stabilize financial system
A government-sponsored bill to prop up struggling financial institutions with public funds is apparently designed to boost investor confidence.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2004
Fukui optimistic over Japanese economy
Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui voiced optimism Monday over the Japanese economy, citing a series of recovery signs.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2004
FSA grants official license to Nippon Shinko Bank
Nippon Shinko Bank, a newly established bank specializing in loans to small and medium-size businesses, has been granted an official license from the Financial Services Agency, the bank announced Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2004
BOJ aims to stabilize bond market
The Bank of Japan Policy Board on Friday left its monetary policy unchanged for the month and decided to introduce by the end of May a measure to stabilize the government bond market.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2004
BOJ 'tankan' shows recovery widening
Business confidence at major manufacturers has risen to its highest level since June 1997, according to a key business survey released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2004
Banks get backing on insurance product sales
The Financial Services Agency said Wednesday it will allow banks to sell all types of insurance products within three years.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2004
Companies prepare for launch of securities trading deregulation
If a convenience store in your neighborhood sold securities products, would you drop in to purchase them?
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2004
Resona Bank set to sell Cosmo shares to CSK
Resona Holdings Inc. is in the final stages of talks with CSK Corp. over the sale of a major part of the group's equity stake in Cosmo Securities Co., the company said Wednesday.
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BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2004
Fukui said to be 'doing his best' under strict policy
Sakuya Fujiwara, former deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, says BOJ Gov. Toshihiko Fukui is constantly under public pressure over the central bank's monetary measures.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2004
BOJ board votes to leave monetary policy untouched
The Bank of Japan Policy Board left its monetary policy unchanged Thursday amid strong signs of economic recovery.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004
GDP logs 1.7% quarterly rise
Japan's economy expanded a real 1.7 percent in the October-December period, the best showing in 13 1/2 years, backed by strong corporate capital investment, exports and consumer spending, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004
TSE listing reflects Shinsei's return to viability
Demonstrating its successful revival, Shinsei Bank, the successor to the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, will list its shares Thursday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2004
Ashikaga Bank poised to ax 300 employees
The nationalized Ashikaga Bank has formalized a rehabilitation plan that will see some 300 of its 2,800 workers cut within two years, the Financial Services Agency said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2004
FSA to launch probe into major bank loans
The Financial Services Agency will conduct special inspections of major banks to assess their loans to big borrowers, Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka said Tuesday.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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